Chapter 13: The Ancient Temple
It was already late at night, and the fat man and Xiao Ye had fallen asleep because of the fatigue of the day. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Long Zhan couldn't sleep a little, and what he experienced during the day made him have a lot more doubts about Baihua Valley.
Although the Moss code of the bird is a bit mysterious, the vampire bat is a real existence! According to Ling Shan's words, this creature has never been found in our country. So if it's flying from abroad, why is it only in this place, and are they also selective? If it's another possibility, it may be that the creature has been living here all along, but no one has ever found it.
So is the mysterious murder in S City related to bats? Perhaps there are larger individuals that have not been discovered, and will they be hiding in the Valley of Hundred Flowers? If this is the case, then the Qian Group is going to develop in Baihua Valley, do they know about this situation? Or is there another conspiracy?
A series of questions made Long Zhan sleepy, and he simply crawled out of his sleeping bag, grabbed his flashlight, and prepared to walk around.
The rain has stopped, and the air is fresh. Long Zhan began to look at this ancient temple, most of the temples in the country are wooden structures, so the age of preservation will not be too long, and many of the ancient temples that have survived to this day have been renovated or rebuilt many times. But the temple is entirely made of stone, so it should be dating back a long way.
Still, it has survived thousands of years, which is a miracle in itself. I saw that some of the stones had turned black, apparently experienced the fire, and most of the stones were covered with pothos, etc., but the stone temple did not look dilapidated because of this, but had a sense of solemnity that lasted for a long time.
Although the stone temple is still there, the statues in the temple are long gone, so it is unknown what kind of gods were originally enshrined in the temple.
However, there may still be some clues in some of the frescoes in the temple, most of which depict people and animals, and strangely, these are creatures that he has never seen in reality. Some have a human-faced snake body, some look like a human-faced leopard body, and have many horns on their heads, some only have a body but no head, and some have several heads......
Long Zhan thought about it, isn't this the animal described in the Book of Mountains and Seas? However, it is not surprising that Western churches like to use religious and mythological stories as murals to show the sacred, so this may also be the ancient myths depicted by people at that time in order to show divinity.
After looking at a few more murals, Long Zhan found that there was a picture that seemed to be the scene of the worship of the gods, because of the age, he could no longer see what the worshipping gods looked like, but he felt that it seemed to be a little familiar......
This is, he suddenly saw a huge winged beast in the mural looking at him. Long Zhan was startled and muttered, "This is ......." ”
The beast suddenly gave a strange look, and then moved. Suddenly, a sharp claw stretched out from the mural and put it on the shoulder of the dragon battle.
At this time, the god in the painting spoke, "Dragon War, wake up"
Long Zhan was taken aback, opened his eyes, and found that it was already sunny outside, birds were singing and flowers, and the fat man was staring at him.
The fat man said to Xiao Ye: "You see, we still expect this guy to protect us, but he sleeps worse than my fat man." It seems that the title of the second senior brother will have to be given to him in the future. ”
Long Zhan's head was a little dizzy, what was going on? Obviously, I saw the key point in the mural just now, did I fall asleep?
When he got up, he said apologetically, "I'm sorry, maybe I slept late, so I overslept." By the way, I found something last night, so I'll show you something. With that, he led the two to the backrooms.
"Look, isn't this mural interesting?" Long Zhan pointed to the wide stone wall.
The fat man leaned his face to the stone wall, studied it for a long time, and said, "Brother Long, brother is clumsy, but where is the mural you said?" ”
Long Zhan looked at it and was dumbfounded, there was nothing on this stone wall, so last night?
Xiao Ye also looked at the surface of the stone wall and said, "Although it looks like there is nothing now, this stone wall obviously has traces of artificial polishing, and it is indeed possible that there have been murals." It's just that it's so old that it may not be visible now. ”
Long Zhan felt that his consciousness was very clear when he saw the mural, and it was definitely not like a dream. But why is it that you can see it at night, but it disappears during the day?
He said: "Xiao Ye, you are an expert, do you say that there is such a possibility, there is some kind of substance at night that makes the hidden parts of the stone wall appear, such as moonlight." ”
Ling Shan thought for a while and said, "I'm a student of biology, and I'm not very familiar with physics, but I think you have a point, I just don't know what kind of substance can have such a big effect." ”
The fat man couldn't help but speak, "I'm a rough person, and I don't understand the esoteric issues you discuss. But I guess maybe it's this stone wall that recognizes people, and when it sees you, Brother Long, it's willing to show it to you, and when the two of us outsiders come, it's hidden again. ”
Ling Shan said: "There is another problem, many travelers have mentioned this ancient temple in their guides, but no one has said anything about the murals. ”
Long Zhan scratched his head and said, "Could this really be a dream?" ”
The fat man smiled: "Brother Long, why do I think that you have become a mother-in-law now, isn't it just a mural?" If there is, there is, and if there is none, there will be nothing. We'll have a chance to see it later, but it's ....... The fat man's words changed: "Comrades, it's not too early now, we must rush to the Valley of Hundred Flowers today, otherwise everything will be yellow." ”
When they saw that he was telling the truth, they were both happy.
Since there is no way to solve this mystery now, let's leave it to the future when we have a chance! This time, the fat man and Ling Shan walked ahead.
When Long Zhan left, he finally looked back again, but found that a cloud suddenly rose above the ancient temple, and a dragon suddenly appeared in the mist......